On Tuesday Edge Online posted a feature detailing the decline of third party games for the PSP.  Backed with data the findings seemed almost damning despite the last year’s increase in PSP sales.  Within two days, John Koller, SCEA’s hardware marketing head, responded to this report.

In the short, boring, and abstract, the answer is that somewhere around two years ago businesses decided that the PSP wasn’t selling super well and decided to push their resources elsewhere, specifically into the then emerging current-gen consoles. 

Where the article gets interesting is when Koller mentions that, “[Sony has] a number of very strong franchise games on the docket that will be launching next year. We haven’t gone public with those, and many third-parties have not yet either because they’re concentrating on holiday, but we have a number of very strong titles coming.”  As to what those titles may be is anyone’s guess.  Needless to say, this is a welcome sign for PSP owners and an open invitation for those who were on the fence about the system. 

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